Thinking about a documentary?

[Zensteve]

Excerpt from an ongoing lawsuit story:

The candid footage has come to light because Chevron’s lawyers persuaded a federal judge in New York to force a filmmaker who chronicled the legal fight, Joe Berlinger, to turn over more than 500 hours of outtakes from his film, “Crude.”

The ruling has drawn wide attention because Mr. Berlinger and lawyers for the plaintiffs had argued that the outtakes were protected, in much the same way that journalists are generally not required to turn over their notebooks if they are subpoenaed in a lawsuit between other parties.

Source, and story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/us/03crude.html

It raises some interesting quandries, in a politically-polarised society.

 

[Murdock]

That is interesting. If he was following a legal fight, wouldn't it be a matter of public record anyway.

After reading the article, it would seem the plaitifs screwed the pooch on this one. And in the words of the presidential adviser "why are they filming"??